Carton nest building and trophobiont manipulation in the south-east Asian ant Dolichoderus sulcaticeps (Mayr 1870) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 2835-2848

  Rohe, W ^a   Maschwitz, U ^b  

^a University of Applied Sciences and Arts   (Germany)

^b Zoological Institute   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carton nest building; Dolichoderinae; Formicidae; South east Asia; Trophobiont manipulation

Indexed keywords

ANT; NEST; RAINFOREST;

MALAYSIA;

COCCIDAE; DOLICHODERINAE; DOLICHODERUS SULCATICEPS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MEMBRACIDAE; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

EID: 0242401971     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0022293021000007408     Document Type: Article

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